(i) IEC is to be issued in the name of the firm . So application has to be made in the name of a The firm may be a proprietorship / partnership/ LLP firm/ HUF firm /an individual or a company (including Government Undertaking/ Public or Private Limited company/ Section 25 company/One Director Company/ Registered Society/ Trust).

(ii) Since there is a need to keep record as to who is submitting application on behalf of the firm, the person/individual who is submitting the application on behalf of the firm is the applicant. For example , firm name is “Goyal and sons” , the IEC should be in the name of “Goyal & sons”. If one Shri A B Goyal is submitting the application for IEC, the applicant is A B Goyal and his details such as mobile no/email id will be required as applicant.

It is to be noted that the mobile no and email id of the applicant will be used for verification and subsequent log in. Both cannot be changed simultaneously at any point of time.

(iii) The address of the firm and documents in support of that address are required .

(a) If the document in support of the address of the firm having firm ‘s name (for example X) is available, the same needs to be uploaded.

(b) In case the document in support of the address of the firm is in the name of some other name (for example Y), an NOC from Y in favour of X is also required in addition to document in support of address in the name of Y. Both the documents will establish the address in favour of the firm (X)

(iv) Either of the following documents is acceptable as proof of address (the document should be in the name of the firm):